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CURTAIN CALL W H A R T O N C E N T E R F O R P E R F O R M I N G A R T S

NOVEMBER 14 - 19, 2017

VOLUME XXV • ISSUE 4

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Stuart Oken Van Kaplan Roy FurmanTroika Entertainment Stephanie McClelland Darren Bagert Carole L. Haber James Nederlander Five Cent Productions Michael Leavitt

Apples and Oranges Studios/Dominion Pictures Simone Genatt Haft/Marc Routh Triptyk Studios/SBR Productions Ed Walson/Peter MayMichael Strunsky/The Leonore S. Gershwin Trust Adam Zotovich/Celia Atkin Arch Road/Eugene Beard/Julie Boardman

Ciaola Productions/Stuart Ditsky/Kallish-Weinstein Suzanne Friedman/IPN/Proctors Sandy Robertson/Deborah Taylor/Wonderful ProductionsHarriet Newman Leve/Jane Dubin/Sarahbeth Grossman Jennifer Isaacson/Raise the Curtain

by special arrangement withElephant Eye Theatrical & Pittsburgh CLO

and Theatre du Chatelet

present

Music and Lyrics by

George Gershwin and Ira GershwinBook by

Craig LucasInspired by the Motion Picture

with

McGee Maddox Allison Walsh Teri Hansen Ben Michael Kirsten Scott Matthew Scott

Deanna Doyle David Prottas

Brianna Abruzzo Polly Baird Karolina Blonski Brittany Bohn Brittany CioceKevin A. Cosculluela Ashlee Dupré Andrew Eckert Zak Edwards Brian Gephart Melissa Steadman Hart

Erika Hebron Christopher M. Howard Laura Katherine Kaufman Weston Krukow Ben Lanham Francis Lawrence Adrian Lee Colby Q. Lindeman Nathalie Marrable Kenneth Michael Murray Don Noble Charlotte O’Dowd

Danielle Santos Tory Trowbridge Kyle Vaughn Laurie Wells

Associate ProducersAmuse Inc. China Performing Arts Agency Lun-Yan Chang Ivy Zhong

Tour Marketing & PressAllied Touring

Exclusive Tour BookingThe Booking Group

Meredith Blair

Production Stage ManagerKenneth J. Davis

Production Supervisor Rick Steiger

Production ManagerTroika Entertainment

Laura DieliMusic Supervisor

Todd EllisonMusic Director

David Andrews RogersOrchestrations

Christopher AustinBill Elliott

Music CoordinatorSeymour Red Press

Dance ArrangementsSam Davis

Casting byTelsey + Company

Rachel Hoffman, C.S.A.

Associate Director Associate Choreographer

Dontee Kiehn

Associate ChoreographerResident Director

Sean Maurice Kelly

General ManagerTroika Entertainment

Karen Berry

Executive Producer101 Productions, Ltd.

Chris Morey

Lighting Design by

Natasha KatzSound Design by

Jon WestonProjection Design by

59 ProductionsSet & Costume Design by

Bob CrowleyMusical Score adapted, arranged and supervised by

Rob FisherDirected and Choreographed by

Christopher WheeldonThe worldwide copyrights in the works of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family.

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Jerry Mulligan ................................................................................................... McGEE MADDOX(Saturday matinee, Sunday matinee) DAVID PROTTAS

Lise Dassin .........................................................................................................ALLISON WALSH(Sunday evening) DEANNA DOYLE

Adam Hochberg ...............................................................................................MATTHEW SCOTTHenri Baurel ........................................................................................................... BEN MICHAELMilo Davenport ................................................................................................... KIRSTEN SCOTTMadame Baurel ...................................................................................................... .TERI HANSENMonsieur Baurel ..........................................................................................................DON NOBLEReturning Soldier ................................................................................KEVIN A. COSCULLUELAReturning Soldier’s Wife ................................................................................... DEANNA DOYLEMr. Z ..................................................................................................................... KYLE VAUGHNOlga ......................................................................................................................LAURIE WELLSStore Manager .............................................................................................................DON NOBLELise’s Ballet Partner ............................................................................KEVIN A. COSCULLUELAEnsemble ................................ BRIANNA ABRUZZO, POLLY BAIRD, KAROLINA BLONSKI,

BRITTANY BOHN, BRITTANY CIOCE, KEVIN A. COSCULLUELA, DEANNA DOYLE, ZAK EDWARDS, BRIAN GEPHART, MELISSA STEADMAN HART, BEN LANHAM,

FRANCIS LAWRENCE, ADRIAN LEE, DON NOBLE, CHARLOTTE O’DOWD, DAVID PROTTAS, TORY TROWBRIDGE, KYLE VAUGHN, LAURIE WELLS

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed performers

unless a specifi c announcement is made at the time of the performance.For Jerry Mulligan: KEVIN A. COSCULLUELA; for Lise Dassin: POLLY BAIRD; for Adam Hochberg:ZAK EDWARDS, DAVID PROTTAS, KYLE VAUGHN; for Henri Baurel: CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, BEN LANHAM; for Milo Davenport: BRITTANY BOHN, MELISSA STEADMAN HART; for Madame Baurel: MELISSA STEADMAN HART, LAURIE WELLS; for Olga: ASHLEE DUPRÉ, ERIKA HEBRON, NATHALIE MARRABLE; for Mr. Z: ANDREW ECKERT, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, WESTON KRUKOW; for Monsieur Baurel: ANDREW ECKERT, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, KYLE VAUGHN; for Returning Soldier: CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, WESTON KRUKOW, KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY; for Store Manager: ANDREW ECKERT, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, KYLE VAUGHN; for Lise’s Ballet Partner: CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, WESTON KRUKOW, KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY; for Returning Soldier’s Wife: ASHLEE DUPRÉ, LAURA KATHERINE KAUFMAN, DANIELLE SANTOS

SWINGSASHLEE DUPRÉ, ANDREW ECKERT, ERIKA HEBRON, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD,

LAURA KATHERINE KAUFMAN, WESTON KRUKOW, COLBY Q. LINDEMAN, NATHALIE MARRABLE, KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY, DANIELLE SANTOS

CAST

DANCE CAPTAINS CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, ASHLEE DUPRÉ

MUSICAL NUMBERS

SETTINGParis, 1945, at the end of the Second World War

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

SETTINGParis, 1945, at the end of the Second World War

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ACT I“Concerto in F” ........................................................................................Company“I Got Rhythm” ...................................................Henri, Adam, Jerry, Company*“Second Prelude” .............................................................. Lise, Female Ensemble“I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck” ............................................................................ Jerry*“� e Man I Love” ...............................................................................................Lise“Liza” ............................................................................................................... Jerry*“’S Wonderful” ..................................................... Jerry, Adam, Henri, Company“Shall We Dance?” ........................................................................................... Milo“Second Rhapsody/Cuban Overture” ..................................................Company

ACT IIEntr’acte ....................................................................................................Orchestra“Fidgety Feet” ...............................................................................Jerry, Company*“Who Cares?” ....................................................................................... Milo, Henri“For You, For Me, For Evermore” ...................................Henri, Jerry, Lise, Milo“But Not for Me” ..................................................................................Adam, Milo“I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” ...............................Henri, Adam, Company*“An American in Paris” ...........................................................................Company“� ey Can’t Take � at Away From Me ................................ Adam, Henri, Jerry

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ORCHESTRAMusic Director/Conductor: David Andrews Rogers

Associate Music Director/Keys 3: Jesse Warkentin; Keys 1/Piano: Nancy Whelan; Keys 2: Henry Palkes; Reed 1: Katherine Fink; Reed 2: Tansie Mayer;

Reed 3: Tom Colclough; Trumpet 1: Anthony DiMauro; Trumpet 2: William Cooper; Trombone: Dave Grott; Violin 1: Susan French; Violin 2: Adrian Walker;

Cello: Jessica Wang; Drums/Percussion: Les Webster; Copying/Preparation: Emily GrishmanMusic Coordinator: Seymour Red Press

*Dance Arrangements by Sam Davis

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without fl ash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTMcGEE MADDOX (Jerry Mulligan) trained at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, joining Houston Ballet as an Apprentice in 2005. He joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2009 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2014. Maddox debuted as Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Albrecht in Giselle, and L’Aviateur in the world premiere of Le Petit Prince. He has danced principal roles in numerous ballets including Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Hamlet among many others. He has performed contemporary works by John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, James Kudelka, Wayne McGregor and Jorma Elo. ALLISON WALSH (Lise Dassin): Broadway: An American in Paris (OBC Ensemble, Lise alternate), Anastasia (OBC Odette, Olga Romanov) TV: Starz Limited Series “Flesh and Bone” (all episodes). Allison previously danced soloist roles with The Joffrey Ballet in varied repertoire. She has performed at the White House, Vail International Dance Festival, and the Despertares Festival, among others. She is thrilled to return to the beautiful show that she was part of from the fi rst workshop. Thanks to everyone at Telsey and Marianne Wells. So much love to my friends, Mom, Dad, Stine, Lil Sis, and Chris. @biggywalsh allison-walsh.com TERI HANSEN (Madame Baurel): Broadway/West End: Hal Prince’s Show Boat (‘Magnolia’), Boys From Syracuse. Kurt Weill’s Street Scene (‘Rose’, BRAVO channel; dir. Francesca Zambello). Tours: The Sound of Music (‘Elsa Schraeder,’ dir. Jack O’Brien); The Music Man (‘Marian Paroo’); Camelot (‘Guenevere’). Boston Pops; National Symphony: Soloist with Marvin Hamlisch. “Orange is the New Black.” Solo CD “Into Your Arms...Love Songs of Richard Rodgers” (ITunes). Twitter: #teridahlinks; teridalehansen.com. BEN MICHAEL (Henri Baurel): National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka). Regional credits include: Beauty and the Beast (Beast), North Carolina Theatre; Daddy Long Legs (Jervis), George Street Playhouse; South Pacifi c (Cable), Walnut Street Theatre; Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf), Theatre Horizon. BFA Syracuse University. Many thanks to the whole AAIP family, KMR, Dad, and Katy. Benmichael.net. Dédie à Maman.

KIRSTEN SCOTT (Milo Davenport): Broadway: Follies (Kennedy Center Revival), Big Fish, Jersey Boys, Hairspray. Off-Broadway: The Marvelous Wonderettes. Regional: Ragtime (Ogunquit Playhouse), Joseph... (Stages St. Louis), A Wonderful Life (Goodspeed), Wedding Singer, Curtains (Pittsburgh CLO), Oklahoma! (Lyric Theater), Grease (Sacramento Music Circus), Limelight (La Jolla Playhouse), Minsky’s (Ahmanson). TV/Film: “Quantico,” “Steve Harvey Show,” “All My Children,” “The Ill-Made Knight” CMU Drama. M-how lucky are we? @kbscottyMATTHEW SCOTT (Adam Hochberg) is thrilled to reprise the role he played on Broadway. Other Broadway: Sondheim On Sondheim (cast album), A Catered Affair, Jersey Boys. West End: I Loved Lucy. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Muny, Goodspeed, Alliance Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co. Television: “First You Dream: The Music Of Kander & Ebb” (PBS), “All My Children,” Tony Awards (‘06, ‘09). K-Very! @thematt_scott.DEANNA DOYLE (Lise Alternate, Returning Soldier’s Wife, Ensemble): Fourth generation performer, starting with her vaudevillian great-great-aunts. Broadway: Phantom of the Opera (Meg Giry), Tuck Everlasting (Astaire Award nomination for 17-year-old Winnie). Metropolitan Opera, Kansas City Ballet. Love to my family and one and only dance partner, Netanel. @deanna_doyle DAVID PROTTAS (Jerry Alternate, Ensemble, u/s Adam): A graduate of Toronto’s National Ballet School, David joins the cast of AAIP after ten years with New York City Ballet, where he danced a wide range of classical and contemporary repertoire. He is the recipient of the Jerome Robbins Scholarship and the Christopher Ondaatje Ballet Prize.BRIANNA ABRUZZO (Ensemble). A NYC native, Brianna studied ballet at SAB before joining Miami City Ballet. Also: West Side Story at Asolo Rep (Graziella), LA Dance Project, Carousel revival lab. Currently enrolled at Columbia University. Thanks to my family for all of their support!POLLY BAIRD (Ensemble, u/s Lise) has appeared in the Broadway and Touring companies of Phantom of the Opera, and a

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTKennedy Center production of Little Dancer. Much love to her incredible parents for their unending support. Thanks to Renee and the team at About Artists, Denny, Seth, Stro, and especially Laird. @pollyebaird K AROLINA BLONSK I (Ensemble): Broadway: West Side Story. National Tours: West Side Story, Movin’ Out, and Joseph...Dreamcoat. NYC/Vegas: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spectacular, and Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers! Thanks to Dustin, the AAIP team, Rachel, Matthew Powell, Dr. Geiger, and love to my Drew, Glen and family :) BRITTANY BOHN (Ensemble, u/s Milo): National tour debut! Regional: Anything Goes, Mame (Goodspeed), Kiss Me Kate (Barrington), Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby (PCLO). Point Park alumna & ATL native. Love to the creative team, Clear Talent Group, and my family! This is for Mom & Dad.BRITTANY CIOCE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her National Tour Debut with the cast of AAIP! From theater, fi lm, television and dance, you never know where you’ll see her next. Thank you Mom, Dad and Chris for your endless love and support. We did it!KEVIN A. COSCULLUELA (Returning Soldier, Lise’s Ballet Partner, Ensemble, u/s Jerry). Born and raised in Miami. At 17 joined Joffrey Ballet School in NYC, followed by Tulsa Ballet Theatre. Performed with Pit Bull, Chris Brown. Also seen on “America’s Got Talent”, “Dance Moms” and as a principal dancer at Disney’s Festival of the Lion King.ASHLEE DUPRÉ (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Olga, u/s Returning Soldier’s Wife): Broadway: An American in Paris. Off-Broadway: On Your Toes, Where’s Charley? (Encores!): Silence! The Musical. National Tours: Movin’ Out (Brenda Judy). Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour. NYSAF: In Your Arms. The Phantom of the Opera (Las Vegas Spectacular). Colorado Ballet. Love to my family and friends.ANDREW ECKERT (Swing, u/s Mr. Z, u/s M. Baurel, u/s Store Manager) is thrilled to join this beautiful show. Tour: Mary Poppins. Regional: West Side Story (Riverside); Saturday Night Fever (WST); Hello, Dolly! (MUNY). Thanks: Dontee, Rachel, the AAIP team, agent Lucille DiCampli. Love to family, especially Mom, Dad, and Igor. andrew-eckert.com

ZAK EDWARDS (Ensemble, u/s Adam). Favorites: Young Frankenstein (1st National Tour); Candide (NYCOpera); No, No, Nanette (Encores); Yank! (Off Broadway); Frederic in Pirates of Penzance, Bert in Mary Poppins, Billy in 42nd Street. Thanks to his family, the AAIP family, Rachel, The Mine, and Will!BRIAN GEPHART (Ensemble): Dance: Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Atlantic Ballet of Canada. Theater [Regional]: CATS (Mistoffelees), A Chorus Line (Larry), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Training: NC School of the Arts, Houston Ballet II. Columbia University (Class of 2021). For Barb and Jeff! XoMELISSA STEADMAN HART (Ensemble, u/s Milo, u/s Mme. Baurel): National Tour: Disney’s Newsies. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, MTWichita, Santa Fe Opera, North Carolina Theatre, TUTS, Geva Theatre Center, Lyric Theatre of OK, Omaha Symphony. BFA Musical Theatre Performance - University of Oklahoma. Thanks to Meg & Katie. Endless gratitude to my family/friends.ERIKA HEBRON (Swing, u/s Olga): St. Louis, MO Native! National Tour: West Side Story (Swing). Regional: Oklahoma!, Damn Yankees, How to Succeed, The Producers. Proud OCU Grad. Many thanks to blocNYC, Telsey, the entire AAIP creative team, and love to my family and friends!CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD (Dance Captain, Fight Captain, Swing, u/s Henri, u/s Mr. Z, u/s M. Baurel, u/s Store Manager, u/s Returning Soldier, u/s Lise’s Ballet Partner): This marks Christopher’s third US Tour following The Phantom of the Opera (Asst. DC, Swing), and Billy Elliot (Older Billy, Ensemble). Toured internationally with A Chorus Line (Larry), danced for Dayton Ballet, and trained at SUNY Buffalo and the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. Instagram: @Tut85LAURA KATHERINE KAUFMAN (Swing, u/s Returning Soldier’s Wife): Delighted to make her National Tour debut! Professional: Odyssey Dance Theatre (various principal roles), City Ballet of SD. BFA-Dance (U of Arizona). Thanks to the AAIP team, Miller-Marley, my friends, and mostly my amazing Mom and Dad for their endless love and support. @yuzzz12

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTWESTON KRUKOW (Swing, u/s Mr. Z, u/s Returning Soldier, u/s Lise’s Ballet Partner): National touring debut! Ballet companies: Smuin Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery. Regional: Lyric Opera of Chicago. Weston is an Emmy Award-winning choreographer of “BaseBallet”, and proud University of Arizona graduate. Thanks to family, teachers, and Ted for inspiring this adventure!BEN LANHAM (Ensemble, u/s Henri) Tours: R+H Cinderella (Swing), West Side Story International (Riff/Action US), Regional: MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Lyric Oklahoma, Wick Theatre. Proud OCU Dance Grad. Thanks to BlocNYC, Telsey casting, and my friends/family. @benlanhamFRANCIS LAWRENCE (Ensemble): From Melbourne, Australia. Francis studied with Lorraine Blackbourn and the Australian Ballet School. He has danced with The Australian Ballet Company, Grand Rapids Ballet and most recently Dance Theatre of Harlem. Francis is thrilled to make his musical theatre debut in AAIP. ADRIAN LEE (Ensemble) is so proud to be a part of AAIP! NYC: Broadway Co. Wicked, The Tony Awards; Las Vegas: Shania Twain: Still the One; L.A: Cirque du Soleil’s IRIS, “Glee,” “Dancing with the Stars,” MTV VMA’s, Ted 2 and Shaping Sound @adriancleeCOLBY Q. LINDEMAN (Swing): NYC: Wicked (swing/Chistery u/s), Trip of Love (Moon River duet), Standard Time. Tours/Regional: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (DC/swing), Urban Cowboy (Bubba), Sacramento Music Circus, Walnut St, Goodspeed. Huge thanks to the AAIP team & MSA. Proud OCU grad. Lots of love to my family & DE.NATHALIE MARRABLE (Swing, u/s Olga): Hailing from South Africa, graduate Boston Ballet School. Madonna (body double/tour), Le Crazy Horse, Natl. Tour The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), Vancouver Playhouse Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Asst. Choreo). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Dedicated to “Mama.”KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY (Swing, u/s Returning Soldier, u/s Lise’s Ballet Partner): Broadway: Paramour, Regional: The Little Mermaid (The Muny) West Side Story (PSF). Member of Amy Marshall Dance Company. Adelphi University grad (BFA in

Dance). Thanks to bloc NYC, Telsey, Dontee and a special thank you to my family and Jessica for their constant love and support. @kennethhmichael, kennethmichaelmurray.comDON NOBLE (Monsieur Baurel, Store Manager, Ensemble): Broadway: Once, End Of The Rainbow, National Tour of Mamma Mia! (Sam Carmichael). Regional: Jane Austen’s Emma, To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch), James Joyce’s The Dead, Funny Girl, An Ideal Husband, Blood Brothers, Henry IV, The Tempest. TV: “Zero Hour”, “The Blacklist”. www.donnoble.netCHARLOTTE O’DOWD (Ensemble): National tour debut! Broadway: An American in Paris. Regional: Chicago, Wizard of Oz, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Joseph. Vegas: Cirque du Soleil The Beatles LOVE, Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers. Canada’s National Ballet School graduate. Endless love to my incredible family and friends!DANIELLE SANTOS (Swing, u/s Returning Soldier’s Wife): Previously enjoyed 9 years with San Francisco Ballet and is honored to join the cast of An American in Paris as her musical theatre debut!TORY TROWBRIDGE (Ensemble): is elated to be joining Paris again after closing the Broadway production. Other credits include: Pippin 1st Nat. (Catherine US), CATS (PCLO), A Chorus Line (Val). Love to this wonderful cast and my family. BISOUS. KYLE VAUGHN (Mr. Z, Ensemble, u/s Adam, u/s M. Baurel, u/s Store Manager): Tours: All Shook Up! (u/s Chad), FAME. World Premieres: Catch Me If You Can, The Nutty Professor. Regional: Arena Stage, Ford’s Theater (Helen Hayes Award), Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue, Santa Fe Opera, TUTS, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Grand Ole Opry.LAURIE WELLS (Olga, Ensemble, u/s Mme. Baurel): Broadway/ Tours: Mamma Mia! (Donna), and Swing! Off- Broadway/ Regional favorites: Trip of Love, Our Sinatra, City of Angels and 42nd Street at Goodspeed, The Full Monty, Ragtime. Thrilled to be sharing the stage again with hubby (Don Noble) and in PARIS no less! www.lauriewells.netGEORGE GERSHWIN (Composer) was born in Brooklyn in 1898 and began his musical training at 13. At 16 he quit high school to work

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTfor a music publisher and soon was writing songs himself. The Gershwins’ shows include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing and the folk opera Porgy and Bess. George’s classical masterpieces include “Rhapsody in Blue,” “Concerto in F” and “An American in Paris.” In 1937 George was at the height of his career. While working on the score of The Goldwyn Follies in Hollywood, he collapsed and died of a brain tumor. He was not quite 39 years old.IRA GERSHWIN (Lyricist). In 1918 Ira began a remarkable collaboration with his younger brother George that lasted until George’s early death in 1937. Their show, Lady, Be Good!, in 1924, became the fi rst of more than 20 scores for stage and screen. In 1935, with DuBose Heyward, they wrote the opera Porgy and Bess. Ira’s collaboration with George, as well as with Vincent Youmans, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Kurt Weill, Jerry Kern, Aaron Copland, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz and Burton Lane, set new standards for American stage and fi lm musicals. Ira was nominated for three Academy Awards and died in 1983.CRAIG LUCAS (Book). Plays: Missing Persons, Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss (Obie, Pulitzer fi nalist, Tony nom.), God’s Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small Tragedy (Obie), Prayer for My Enemy, The Singing Forest (Steinberg), Ode to Joy, I Was Alive With You. Movies: Longtime Companion (Sundance Audience Award), The Secret Lives of Dentists (NY Film Critics Award), The Dying Gaul. Operas: Orpheus in Love (composer Gerald Busby), Two Boys (composer Nico Muhly). Musicals: An American in Paris (Tony nom.), Three Postcards, The Light in the Piazza (Tony nom), Amélie, Sousatzka. Direction: The Dying Gaul (fi lm), Birds of America (fi lm), Saved or Destroyed (Obie), Play Yourself, world premieres of The Light in the Piazza, Ode to Joy, This Thing of Darkness, I Was Most Alive With You.CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON (Director and Choreographer) received a Tony Award nomination for Best Director and won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for this production. Born in England, Christopher danced for the Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet. He has choreographed for ballet companies worldwide and for television, fi lm and Broadway. Awards: Astaire, Drama Desk, two Oliviers, two OCCs. Honorary member of the American Academy

of Arts and Sciences and awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2016 Honours. Current Artistic Associate of the Royal Ballet, where he most recently created the full-length story ballet The Winter’s Tale. In December 2016, Joffrey Ballet premiered Christopher’s reimagined production of The Nutcracker.ROB FISHER (Musical Score Adapted, Arranged & Supervised). Internationally recognized conductor/pianist. Founding music director, Encores! series. Guest symphony conductor: Chicago, Philadelphia, L.A., Boston: Tanglewood opening with Renée Fleming. Conductor: NY Philharmonic’s My Fair Lady, Carousel (Emmy nomination); San Francisco Symphony’s Emmy-winning Sweeney Todd; Carnegie Hall’s The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls. Numerous recordings, including the cast albums of An American in Paris (Grammy nomination) and the Grammy-winning Chicago. Artistic advisor: Carnegie Hall Gershwin Centenary Celebration. Broadway: Anything Goes, Hair, The Apple Tree, Wonderful Town, The Threepenny Opera, others. Frequent guest: “A Prairie Home Companion.”BOB CROWLEY (Set and Costume Design). Current Broadway: Aladdin. Previous: An American in Paris (Tony Award), The Audience, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Aida, Carousel (Lincoln Center). Nominated numerous times; winner of an Olivier Award and seven Tony Awards. Current West End/London: The Hard Problem, The Audience. Opera/dance: The Winter’s Tale, Alice in Wonderland, Don Carlos. Film: Tales of Hollywood, Suddenly Last Summer, The Crucible. Royal Designer to Industry Award and Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design.NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theatre, opera and dance, and other areas of the entertainment world. Broadway credits include An American in Paris (Tony Award), Aladdin, The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award), Motown, Once (Tony Award), Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (Tony Award) and Aida (Tony Award). She is honored to have designed the lighting for many ballets choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, including The Winter’s Tale, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Cinderella and Carnival of the Animals.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTJON WESTON (Sound Design). Broadway design credits include She Loves Me; Amazing Grace; An American in Paris; On the Twentieth Century; You Can’t Take It With You; The Bridges of Madison County; Big Fish, How to Succeed...; 13 the Musical; The Color Purple; Caroline, or Change (AUDELCO Award); Nine; Thoroughly Modern Millie. Off-Broadway and regional: The Last Five Years; Death Takes a Holiday; Parade (Mark Taper Forum); A Little Night Music (L.A. Drama Critics Award); Family Guy, Live! (Carnegie Hall).59 PRODUCTIONS (Projection Design) received a Tony Award for this production. 59 Productions specialize in design for performance, exhibitions and live events. Credits include: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway); Oslo (The Lincoln Centre); War Horse (NT/ World Tour); Les Misérables (World Tour); David Bowie Is (V&A); Little Dancer (The Kennedy Centre) The Enchanted Island, Satyagraha (Metropolitan Opera); Morgen Und Abend, Eugene Onegin, The Minotaur, Salome (ROH); The Harmonium Project, Deep Time (Edinburgh International Festival); and London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/Tours: SpongeBob SquarePants, Once on This Island, The Parisian Woman, M. Butterfl y, Anastasia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hello, Dolly!, War Paint, Come from Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked, On Your Feet!, Something Rotten!, The King and I. Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Atlantic, Classic Stage, MCC, Second Stage. Film: Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married, Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TV: “This Is Us,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “House of Cards,” “Rise,” “I’m Dying Up Here,” “One Day at a Time,” “Graves,” “Atypical,” commercials. www.telseyandco.comTODD ELLISON (Music Supervisor) Broadway: American in Paris, Annie, La Cage, Spamalot, Lestat, Amour, 42nd Street, Wild Party, On the Town, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed..., She Loves Me, also Cats, Starlight Express, Annie 2. Composer–incidental music: A Class Act, Taller...Dwarf. Encores!: Band Wagon; On the Town; No, No, Nanette. Vienna Konzerthaus; Carnegie Hall; San Diego, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Long Beach, New Haven symphonies, Philly Pops. Toddellisonmusic.com

CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN (Orchestrations) is one of UK’s foremost conductors and winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for An American in Paris. Film orchestrations/arrangements: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Son of Rambow,Enduring Love, Max, Hyde Park on Hudson, Birth, A Streetcar Named Desire. Ballet orchestrations/arrangements: Chroma, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet), Elysian Fields (Rambert). For opera: Eau (Opera de Lille). Bristol University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Professor: Royal Academy of Music, London.BILL ELLIOTT (Orchestrations). Best Orchestrations Tony Award for An American in Paris. 2015 Encores! Lady Be Good; 2012 Tony and Grammy noms. for Nice Work If You Can Get It; additional orchestrations for the 2011 Broadway revival of Anything Goes. Prolifi c arranger for the Boston Pops; orchestra arrangements for Barbara Hannigan, Kelli O’Hara, Sutton Foster, Josh Groban’s Stages album. Arranged and produced Michael Feinstein’s Grammy-nominated album The Sinatra Project.SAM DAVIS (Dance Arrangements). Broadway: Holiday Inn, Side Show, Gigi, Big Fish, Drood. As composer: Taming of the Shrew (Delacorte Theater), Red Eye of Love, Bunnicula, Love and Real Estate (Off-Broadway). Kennedy Center: Little Dancer, Trumpet of the Swan. Film: Hail, Caesar!, Beauty and the Beast (2017). TV: “Good Behavior.” Winner of the Jonathan Larson Award and a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music.SEYMOUR RED PRESS (Music Coordinator). Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre. More than 100 Broadway shows. Screen credits include Hunchback of Notre Dame, Birdcage, In & Out. This season: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Chicago, City Center’s Encores!DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS (Music Director/Conductor). Broadway tours: Les Misérables, Show Boat, The Phantom of the Opera (Associate Music Director). International: The Wizard of Oz (also Associate Music Supervisor), Le Magicien d’Oz (Palais des Congrès, Paris), Fiddler on the Roof, Cats, Chicago. Off-Broadway: The Vocal Lords (Chekhov Theatre Ensemble), Happy Hunting (York Theatre). Guest Conductor: Carnegie Hall (New York Pops), Lincoln Center, Apollo Theatre, Town

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTHall. Over 150 productions in regional theatre, readings, symphony pops concerts, recordings. Conducted for stars including Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Joel Grey, Sutton Foster, Kristin Chenoweth, Topol, Nell Carter, Debbie Gibson, and former star of the Moulin Rouge, Debbie de Coudreaux. MaestroDAR.comDONTEE KIEHN (Associate Director/Associate Choreographer). Previous credits include An American in Paris (Broadway: Associate Director/ Choreographer), The Addams Family (Broadway, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico City: Associate Director/ Choreographer); Next to Normal (Broadway, Japan, Korea: Associate Choreographer); The Winter’s Tale (Public Theater, Choreographer); Ten Cents a Dance (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Choreographer). Broadway performance credits: Gypsy, The Addams Family, and 42nd Street.SEAN MAURICE KELLY (Associate Choreographer/Resident Director) is very happy to be joining this company. Broadway: An American in Paris (Associate Choreographer), Movin’ Out (1st national, Dance Supervisor/Swing), Billy Elliot (Resident Choreographer). Principal dancer and Guest Ballet Master, Houston BalletRICK STEIGER (Production Supervisor). Broadway: An American in Paris; Act One; War Horse; Come Fly Away; The Royal Family; 13; Frost/Nixon; Spring Awakening; The Woman in White; Caroline, or Change; Topdog/Underdog; Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; The Wild Party; Epic Proportions; The Civil War; Titanic; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk.KENNETH J. DAVIS (Production Stage Manager) marks his 20th year touring the world with Broadway musicals with this beautiful production. Previous national tours include The Lion King, Rock of Ages, Spamalot, Hairspray, The Full Monty, Ragtime, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chicago, Applause and Cats. In New York: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center. On the high seas: Norwegian, Oceania and Regent cruise lines.DONAVAN DOLAN (Assistant Stage Manager): National Tours: 42nd Street, Annie, GHOST, Catch Me if You Can, Grease, Peter Pan 360, Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT, Mame, Barbie Live, Oklahoma!, A Chorus Line, Copacabana. International Tours: 42nd Street, The Sound Of Music, and Thomas & Friends.

ANNA K. RAINS (Assistant Stage Manager) NYC: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Seven Guitars (Juilliard). National Tour/Las Vegas: Blue Man Group. Regional: Spamalot, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar (North Carolina Theatre); The End of War (Virginia Rep). KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR (Props Supervisor). Recent Broadway Credits: Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, On Your Feet, The King and I, An American In Paris, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, If/Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, I’ll Eat You Last, Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Chaplin.UNKLEDAVE’S FIGHT-HOUSE (Fight Direction) is a team of fi ght directors founded by David Anzuelo. The core members are: Jesse Geguzis; Sean F. Griffi n and Gerry Rodriguez. Broadway credits: An American in Paris (Palace); Tuck Everlasting (Broadhurst); Disgraced (Lyceum). Regional: Disgraced (Mark Taper Forum). ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America. Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf the Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical,RENT, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Play That Goes Wrong, and The Scenario.KAREN BERRY (General Manager). Most recently, Project Manager for Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker. Selected Chicago GM credits: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Million Dollar Quartet, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Bleacher Bums, Driving Miss Daisy, Shirley Valentine, Steel Magnolias, and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Broadway management credits included Carrie, Quilters, Asinamali and Showboat.101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD (Executive Producer). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. Their associates are Ron Gubin, Chris Morey and Jeff Klein. Upcoming Broadway Productions: Dear Evan Hansen, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Recent: An Act of God, An American in Paris, Eclipsed, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway, National Tour), The Elephant Man.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTSpecial projects: Eclipsed at the Curran (San Francisco), New Island Festival (Governor’s Island, New York), “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” for PBS, and IBM’s Centennial Gala.STUART OKEN (Producer) leads the producing team for An American in Paris. For Elephant Eye Theatrical, his other projects include The Addams Family, Saved and Venice. As Executive VP at Disney Theatrical, he produced The Lion King, Aida and Der Glockner Von Notre Dame. Mr. Oken founded Chicago’s Apollo Theater Center and produced the motion pictures About Last Night, Impromptu and Queens Logic. He served as president of Witt-Thomas Films at Warner Brothers and founded and served as artistic director of the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University.VAN KAPLAN (Producer), is the Executive Producer of Pittsburgh CLO, and has been involved with twenty-one Broadway shows, including On Your Feet! The Elephant Man, Matilda, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away and The Addams Family. In 2009, he co-founded The National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, which he directs annually on Broadway, as seen in the 2012 documentary series on PBS titled “Broadway or Bust.” ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), The Color Purple (Tony), On Your Feet!, Cats, The Humans (Tony). Other Tony Award winners for Best Play or Musical: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, A View from the Bridge, A Raisin in the Sun, War Horse, Spamalot, The History Boys, Fosse and Skylight. Mr. Furman cofounded Furman Selz, an international investment fi rm, now vice chairman of Jefferies LLC; chairman, Jefferies Capital Partners; vice chairman, Lincoln Center; president and chairman emeritus, FilmSociety Lincoln Center.TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) has been the innovator in touring musical theater productions for over three decades, producing and managing shows throughout North, Central, and South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, the company is experienced in casino and leisure markets having produced for the Wynn, Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah’s.

Current and upcoming productions include The Bodyguard, School of Rock, The Color Purple, Love Never Dies, Annie, Cheers, Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz. With strong ties to the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at www.troika.com.STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer) and her company Green Curtain Productions (GCP) have won twelve Tony Awards, eleven Drama Desk Awards, nine Drama League Awards, nine Outer Critics Circle Awards, one Olivier Award for producing more than 70 theatrical productions worldwide. Current Broadway: The Book of Mormon, The Humans, The Front Page, and Fiddler on the Roof. DARREN BAGERT (Producer) is a three-time Tony Award winning producer with projects including An American in Paris (Bway/US Tour/London); The Color Purple; The Truth (London); Dear Evan Hansen; Absolute Brightness; Side Side; Buyer & Cellar (NY/US Tour/London); Of Mice & Men; Glass Menagerie; Sweeney Todd; Company; Long Day’s Journey among others.CAROLE L. HABER (Producer) has produced Big Fish, Evita, The Story of My Life, Next Fall (Tony nomination), Jerusalem (Tony nomination) and Nice Work If You Can Get It. Carole has been involved in many Broadway productions over the past 15 years. She is also a published author of travel books and articles.JAMES NEDERLANDER (Producer) operates a chain of legitimate theatres including the Brooks Atkinson, Gershwin, Lunt-Fontanne, Marquis, Minskoff, Nederlander, Neil Simon, Palace, and Richard Rodgers on Broadway, and many landmark venues around the world from Los Angeles to London. Recent credits include: The all new Broadway production of CATS, An American in Paris and On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan.FIVE CENT PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Members include The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts of Hartford, CT; Citi Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA; Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN; Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (shared). In addition to An American in Paris, Five Cent has produced new musicals including The Addams Family, Saved and Venice.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTMICHAEL LEAVITT (Producer) is a member of Elephant Eye Theatrical. A multiple Tony Award-winning producer and former president of Fox Theatricals, Leavitt’s Broadway productions include An American in Paris, The Addams Family; Thoroughly Modern Millie; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Death of a Salesman; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Jekyll & Hyde and others.APPLES AND ORANGES STUDIOS, Tim and Pamela Winslow Kashani and Frank and Susan Kavanaugh (Producers). Mission: Combine Broadway and Silicon Valley to accelerate musicals with our THEatre Accelerator: www.nycoc.com. For: Timothy, Erin, Ty, Bridget, Hair, Memphis and the soon-to-arrive Higher Education.DOMINION PICTURES (Producers). Carl Moellenberg: six Tonys, produced 44 shows, Chairman Dominion Pictures. Wendy Federman: three Tonys, produced 43 shows. Bobby Sain: CEO Dominion Pictures, fi lm/theatre producer. Ricardo Hornos: Producer on B’way, West End, Buenos Aires.SIMONE GENATT HAFT/MARC ROUTH (Producer). Founders of Broadway Asia, among the largest global production, management and distribution companies; 400 cities, 40 countries, fi ve continents including: An American in Paris, The Producers, Hairspray, The Sound of Music, King and I, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Addams Family, Legally Blonde, Stomp, Cookin’/Nanta, Fuerzabruta, Ice Age Live, China Goes Pop, Peter Pan Immersive, Amelie. Asia/Brazil Licensing House for Rodgers & Hammerstein.TRIPTYK STUDIOS (Producer) is a production company co-founded by award-winning producers Tara Smith, B. Swibel, & Adam Westbrook. Select Broadway credits include Oh, Hello, An American in Paris, Xanadu, The Seagull, You’re Welcome America. Upcoming stage/TV: Amélie, Freedom Run with NBCUniversal & Stevie Wonder, Big Dead Place (HBO), and the new Archie comics musical with Oscar-winner Adam McKay.SPENCER ROSS (Producer) is the founder of SBR Productions LLC, www.sbrproductions.com. Broadway: An American in Paris. Upcoming: Amélie, Come From Away, Signifi cant Other.

EDWARD WALSON (Producer). CATV, hotel/restaurant owner. Film: City Island, Blue Jasmine, Magic in the Moonlight, Irrational Man, Time Out of Mind and Café Society. Broadway: An American in Paris, Relatively Speaking, Cinderella, Big Fish and Bullets Over Broadway.PETER MAY (Producer) is president and founding partner of Triarc Partners. Producer of Cinderella, The Elephant Man, The Humans (Tony Award). Investor: The Book of Mormon, Matilda, West Side Story and many others.MICHAEL STRUNSKY (Producer) is the trustee of the Ira Gershwin Musical Estate. THE LEONORE S. GERSHWIN 1987 TRUST (Producer) is the business entity of the Ira Gershwin Estate.ADAM ZOTOVICH (Producer). Productions include The Color Purple, Legally Blonde, All My Sons, A View From the Bridge, Dear Evan Hansen, Driving Miss Daisy, Evita, Of Mice and Men. Crain’s “40 Under 40.” President of New Vintage Theatricals, Ltd. CELIA ATKIN (Producer) is a London based entrepreneur and producer. Her activities encompass commercial theatre and not-for-profi t performing arts philanthropy, striving always to support creative excellence.GENE BEARD (Producer). Chairman of WAF, Inc., past Chairman OWF, Inc., past vice chairman of Interpublic Group and served on the boards of Mattel, Brown Bros. and Marc USA. JULIE BOARDMAN (Producer). Broadway: An American in Paris, Dames at Sea, Hughie. National Tours: Peter and the Starcatcher, Dreamgirls. Proud graduate of the University of Southern California, and member of The Broadway League. www.untitledtheatricals.com. @artonstageCAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Tony-winning brother & sister producing team, Luigi & Rose Caiola. Broadway: All The Way, The Elephant Man , On Your Feet!, The Color Purple. Upcoming: Dear Evan Hansen, Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812 and BURN THIS! STUART DITSKY (Producer). Producing partner Adam Ditsky, B’way: The Addams Family; Off-Broadway: Summer ’69, Nunsense, Rantoul and Die. Family: Wendy, Meredith, Lauren, Brian, Olivia, Emmett, Ella, Benjamin, Riley, Maggie, Booboo.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTKALLISH WEINSTEIN CREATIVE (Producer). In addition to Broadway credits, Jan Kallish and Rachel Weinstein have decades of experience in leadership positions at theatre companies in New York, Chicago and London.SUZANNE FRIEDMAN (Producer) is an interior designer in Chicago and very excited to be involved with An American in Paris. Other Broadway credits include Ragtime on Ellis Island and HALF TIME, opening this Spring. I N D E P E N D E N T P R E S E N T E R S NETWORK (Producer) is a consortium of 40 of the leading touring Broadway presenters throughout America. Congratulations to our colleague Van Kaplan and Pittsburgh CLO.PROCTORS (Producer) is the Performing Arts Center of the Capital Region of New York working with Masie Productions and community members to support new work.SANDY ROBERTSON (Producer) is currently a producer of four Broadway shows. He is particularly interested in bringing new talent to Broadway by supporting the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.DEBORAH TAYLOR (Producer). Tony award winning Producer, representing FireMused Productions. Broadway Credits include: American in Paris, Glass Menagerie, One Man Two Guvnors, Heidi Chronicles, Hughie, China Doll, American Idiot, La Cage aux Folles, The Mountaintop, Elling. WONDERFUL PRODUCTIONS (Producers). Michael A. Alden, Dale Badway, Ken Mahoney: each winner of two Tonys, three Emmys. Sean Rudolph, Brad Blume: RudolphBlume.com. Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Rob Hinderliter: Tony winners. Marty Borell: À la vie!HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE (Producer). Credits: Beautiful, Hedwig (Tony), War Horse (Tony), La Cage aux Folles (Tony), The Norman Conquests (Tony), The 39 Steps, A Little Night Music, Ann, The Mountaintop, The Crucible, Beebo Brinker, Stomp.JANE DUBIN (Producer). Tony-winner. Broadway: An American in Paris, Peter and the Starcatcher, Ann, Norman Conquests. Off-Broadway / Tour: Absolute Brightness, PATSC, 39 Steps, Beebo Brinker, Groundswell. London: Umbrellas. Broadway League. Board: LPTW, Houses on the Moon Theater Co.

SARAHBETH GROSSMAN (Producer). President, Sobelle Productions. Broadway: An American in Paris, Dames at Sea,Ann, Stick Fly, Ghetto Klown. Off-Broadway: The Report, Bend in the Road, The Irish Curse, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Ten Chimneys.JENNIFER ISAACSON (Producer). Credits: Hedwig (Broadway and Tour) and Of Mice and Men (Raise the Roof). Other credits: Ann, Norman Conquests, 39 Steps (NWS). Executive Producer at WalkRunFly. www.walkrunfl y.comR AISE THE CURTAIN (Producer) . Sharleen Cooper-Cohen: Writer/producer, Stormy Weather; Offi cer/Gentleman. Minerva Productions: Anne O’Shea and Brian Quattrini. Gabrielle Palitz: All The Way (Tony), Bandstand, 9 more. E L E PH A N T E Y E T H E AT RC I A L (Producer) is a Broadway development and production company operating under the direction of Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions. In addition to An American in Paris, the company has produced the musicals The Addams Family, Saved and Venice.PITTSBURGH CLO (Producer) produced the world premiere of An American in Paris, in Paris. Founded in 1946, it is one of the largest nonprofi t musical theatre organizations in the country dedicated to creating and developing new work. It has launched hundreds of professional careers in the theatre, and its Academy for Musical Theater provides education and training for young students. In 2009, it co-founded the National High School Musical Theater Awards/Jimmy Awards with the Nederlander Organization. PittsburghCLO.orgTHÉÂTRE DU CHÂTELET (Producer), founded in 1862, is the musical theatre of Paris. The Châtelet’s eclectic program mixing opera, dance and music attracts more than 250,000 annual visitors into its 2,000-seat auditorium. Under the direction of Jean-Luc Choplin since 2006, the Châtelet has established its reputation as the home of American musicals in Paris, producing and welcoming classics such as My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Sweeney Todd. An American in Paris is the Châtelet’s fi rst Broadway production.

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AMUSE INC. (Associate Producer) is a leading talent agency and production company in Japan. Past projects on Broadway: Kinky Boots, Evita, An American in Paris and many more.CHINA PERFORMING ARTS AGENCY (Associate Producer) Among the largest entertainment companies in China, CPAA invests and creates productions with domestic and international partners; Turandot, Shaolin Warriors, Cats, Mamma Mia, River Dance, China Goes Pop, Era and more.LUN-YUN CHANG (Associate Producer). Artistic director, bassoonist, Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra. Dean, College of Arts, Tainan University of Technology. Trustee, Kaohsiung Philharmonic Culture and Arts Foundation.IVY ZHONG (Associate Producer). Chairman and executive director, China Broadway Entertainment, the most aggressive live entertainment company in China. Extensive China/Hollywood fi lm and digital background.ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefi ts (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTTOUR PRESS & MARKETING

ALLIED TOURINGMarya K. Peters Andrew Damer

Jennifer GallagherSarah Dahlberg Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer

Scott Praefke Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen________________________________________________TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

THE BOOKING GROUPMeredith Blair, Kara Gebhart

www.thebookingroup.com________________________________________________CASTING

Telsey + CompanyBernard Telsey CSA, William Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA,

Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfi eld CSA,Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA,

Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall,Adam Caldwell CSA, Josh Einsohn CSA, Conrad Woolfe CSA,

Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Rikki Gimelstob, Rachel Dill CSA,Ryan Bernard Tymensky CSA, Rebecca Scholl CSA, Scott Galina,

Madison Sylvester, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley,Rose Bochner, Kristian Charbonier, Julia Torres, Destiny Lilly________________________________________________

LEGAL COUNSELLEVINE, PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP

Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan MindellDaniel Watkins Haily Ferber________________________________________________

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER .................................KENNETH J. DAVIS Assistant Stage Manager ..............................................Donavan Dolan Assistant Stage Manager ................................................Anna K. RainsAssistant to the Director.................................................. Jackie BarrettAssociate Scenic Designer........................................ Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers .......................Jeffrey Hinchee, Jaimie ToddModel Builders ................. Ben Davies, Adam Wiltshire, James StadnykAssociate Costume Designer ................................................. Lisa Zinni Assistant Costume Designer .......................................... Amanda Jenks Costume Design Assistants......................Kaitlyn Day, Courtney Irizarry Production Properties Supervisor...................................... Kathy Fabian Associate Properties Supervisor ...........................................John Estep Assistant Properties Supervisor.............................. Samantha Shoffner Associate Lighting Designer ...................................Craig Stelzenmuller Assistant Lighting Designer ..............................................Jon Goldman Moving Light Programmer .............................................. Marc Polimeni Production Electrician ........................................................Jeremy Lane Production Video ....................................................Preston RounsavilleAssociate Sound Designer ................................................ Josh Millican Production Sound ............................................................Charlie Grieco Associate Projection Designer .........................................Brad Peterson Assistant Projection Designer..................................... Amber McDonald Projection Programmer ....................................................Brad PetersonProduction Supervisor ........................................................Rick Steiger Technical Consultant...............................................................Jake Bell Keyboard Programmer ...................................................Stuart Andrews Associate Keyboard Programmer ...................................... David WeiserCopyist .........................................................................Emily Grishman Dance Captains.......................... Christopher M. Howard, Ashlee Dupré Fight Director ..................................................................David Anzuelo Assistant Fight Director................................................... Jesse Geguzis Fight Captain ....................................................Christopher M. Howard Rehearsal Pianist ..............................................................Henry Palkes Vocal Coach ............................................................Dominque PlaisantDialect Coach ...................................................... Guillian Lane-Plescia Production Assistants .... Gretchen Burke, Michael Medina, Saori YokooPersonal Assistant to Mr. Oken ....................................Missy GreenbergPersonal Assistant to Mr. Kaplan............................... Elizabeth RobertsPersonal Assistant to Mr. Furman..................................Eileen WilliamsPersonal Assistant to Mr. Wheeldon.......................................Matt Trent

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS TOUR STAFF______________________________________________EXECUTIVE PRODUCER101 Productions, LTD.

Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. WilsonRon Gubin Chris Morey Jeff Klein

Justin Black Beth Blitzer Emily GoelerJoel Glassman Kathy Kim Robert Nolan

Steve Supeck Holly Sutton_______________________________________________GENERAL MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Troika EntertainmentGENERAL MANAGER

Karen BerryAssistant General Manager .................................................. Jay Krause

SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGERLaura Dieli

Production Manager .......................................................Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager ........................................Ártemis López_______________________________________________

TECHNICAL DIRECTORJoseph Spratt_______________________________________________

COMPANY MANAGERDeAnn L. Boise_______________________________________________

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HEAD CARPENTER ........................................................JOSEPH SPRATTAssistant Carpenter .......................................................... Chris HaughAssistant Carpenter .............................................Jennifer Day-GottliebHead of Props .....................................................................Randy PaunAssistant Props ..........................................................Jon “Tido” ClaeysHead Electrician ..........................................................Michael LatochaAssistant Electrician ......................................................Jeremy BolnickAssistant Electrician ........................................................Laura ChoateAssistant Electrician ......................................................... Eric JohnsonHead of Audio ....................................................................Chris Waters Assistant Audio ........................................................... Hannah OvertonHead of Wardrobe ...........................................................Meredith Scott Assistant Wardrobe ......................................................Katherine Kraus Head of Hair ...................................................................Britt E. Griffi th

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Physical Therapy ........................... NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy, IncPhysical Therapist .................................................................. Brien LeeMedical Director .........................................................Craig E. Weil, MD

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Accounting ....................................................... WithumSmith+Brown - Robert Fried, CPA; Karen Kowgios, CPA; and Anthony Moore, CPA

Employee Benefi ts .....................................................The Capitol GroupInsurance ...............................................Maury, Donnelly and Parr, Inc.Creative Services...............................................................Serino CoyneWebsite, Social Media & Video ................ Apples and Oranges Studios:

Pamela Kashani, Tim Kashani, Christopher Sepulveda, Ally Rice, Dawson Schachter, Emily Wilson, Mayumi Ando and Rachel Vigier

Production Photograhy ................................................Matthew MurphyAdditional Photography ...............................Angela Sterling, Matt TrentMerchandise Provider .................. Encore Merchandising/Joseph Boyles Merchandise Manager ..............................................Rachel Silvestrini

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For TROIKA EntertainmentChief Executive Offi cer .................................................Randall A. BuckChief Operating Offi cer............................................... Michael J. OrsinoChief Financial Offi cer Emeritus........................................Donald KindlChief Financial Offi cers .................................................. Michelle JonesGeneral Managers .........................................Karen Berry, Jim LanahanAssistant General Managers ...................Jay Krause, Arnie VandeBrakeSenior Production Manager ..................................................Laura DieliProduction Managers ................................ Anna E. Bate, Dawn MagyarAssistant Production Manager ........................................Ártemis LópezMarketing Consultant............................................................. Amy KatzBooking Manager ........................................................... Doria MontfortBudgeting & Forecasting Manager ............................. George LambertySenior Accountants ..............................Lourdes Castillo, Jessica MooreAccounting Clerks ............................... Marite Espinoza, Electra WalkerWarehouse Manager ......................................................... Scott GarrishOffi ce Assistant .........................................................Shaquille Stewart

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For TROIKA CostumesCostume Shop Administrator.............................................Alison SmithWork Room Manager ........................................................... Helen JonesFirst Hand .......................................................................Ellouise DavisProject Assistant .................................................... Rachel ChristensenCraft Manager .........................................................................Risa OnoCrafts ...................................................Mary Elise Collier, Marla ParkerStitcher ........................................................................Laura Browning

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CREDITSProduction Travel...................................................... ROAD CONCIERGEScenery....................................................... CENTER LINE STUDIOS, INC Props ............................................................. KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR Lighting Equipment.........................................................PRG LIGHTING Sound Equipment ..........MASQUE SOUND & RECORDING CORPORATION Motors & Automation.......................................................PRG LIGHTING

Keyboards................................................................. STUART ANDREWSPercussion................................. DAN McMILLAN/HUDSON PERCUSSIONCostumes Executed by............................JOHN KRISTIANSEN NEW YORK Men’s Tailoring by ............................................GILBERTO DESIGNS, INCAdditional Costumes by................TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME

SHOPTRICORNE, INC GILBERTO DESIGNS, INC, CLAUDIA DIAZ COSTUME SHOP, INC

Custom Knitware by .................................... MARIAN GREALISH FORINOFabric Printing by .................................................. GENE MIGNOLA, INCFabric Painting by ............................................ HOCHI ASIATO STUDIOSMasks by ........................................................ IZQUIERDO STUDIOS LTD Millinery by ....................................................... LYNNE MACKEY STUDIO Wigs by............................................................... INDEPENDENT WIG CO Trucking by ......................................................................... JANCO, LTD.

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LaDUCA, BRA*TENDERS _______________________________________________SPECIAL THANKS

Bartlett Sher, Andrea Selby_______________________________________________Rehearsed at Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY & The DiMenna

Center for Classical Music, New York, NY. _______________________________________________Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at Proctors in Schenectady, NY_______________________________________________

Original Cast Recording Available on Masterworks Broadway._______________________________________________

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_______________________________________________The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.